letterpress

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• Hatch Show Print is one of the oldest working letterpress print shops in the country.

• George Larden began working as a letterpress machinist at the Gov in 1932.

  Academic text (2016)

• I chose to be a letterpress printer.

  Academic text (2016)

• And it happened to be the moment when all the print shops were going from letterpress to offset printing.

• The process used a printing plate with a raised surface, meaning that letterpress principles and work practices remained.

  Academic text (2016)

• Fortunately, the old technology of letterpress and sewn-signature bindings is still very much alive.

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• As noted above, letterpress had undergone previous technological change, but crucially, a letterpress machinist's labor process remained hands-on throughout this period.

  Academic text (2016)

• When MacKellar commenced his apprenticeship in letterpress machining in 1973, he already had some lithographic knowledge from his previous technical education.

  Academic text (2016)

• In her workshop, she demonstrated the letterpress technique to create beautiful prints.

• He admired the intricate designs produced by the traditional letterpress method.

Synonyms

P

printing process

vsletterpress

1 3.0

A way of making copies of text or pictures by putting ink on paper

is the specific raised surface, pressed technique rather than general reproduction methods

R

relief printing

vsletterpress

• Specialized

6.8

A printing method where you press ink on raised parts of a block onto paper

is a narrower technique using raised letters or images pressed directly onto paper

How Traditional

handwritten

18 2.8

letterpress

• Archaic

3 7.2

letterset printing

• Specialized

9.8

printing

31 1.0

offset printing

• Specialized

1 4.9

inkjet

• Specialized

6 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology